Continental Rails II

Game # 29 - Turn # 18

Headline News 1875 to 1876

WORLD & NATIONAL NEWS

1875: Gold discovered in the Black Hills of Dakota Territory!
1876: Gen. Custer massacred by Sioux Indians on banks of Little Big Horn River.

Railroad News

Private Companies Purchased: J. Pierpont Morgan bought SL&A for $999, Hannibal Kimball bought CT for $999, J. Pierpont Morgan bought TR for $999, Jay Gould bought H&S for $5500.
PCs Merged: LP&W merges into KP, SP&D merges into C&NW.
New Technologies Acquired: B&O bought automatic brakes, SCL bought automatic brakes, S&G bought automatic brakes, COG bought automatic brakes, LS bought automatic brakes, GM&O bought automatic brakes, C&EI bought automatic brakes, C&NW bought automatic brakes, CB&Q bought automatic brakes, CASL bought automatic brakes, M&SP bought automatic brakes, MP bought automatic brakes, M&LR bought automatic brakes, V&T bought automatic brakes, L&A bought automatic brakes, CP bought automatic brakes, WP bought automatic brakes, UP bought automatic brakes, SLSF bought automatic brakes, SP bought automatic brakes, KP bought automatic brakes, SL bought automatic brakes.
RoWs built: IL7 by SM, ID3 by C&NW, ID5 by M&SP, AZ2 by MP, OK6 by V&T, WY1 by UP, MO6 by KC&D.
MP doubled AZ1, V&T doubled AR8, UP doubled KCS.
New RoWs acquired: LS got OH7, GM&O got KY14, V&T got LA4, MP got AZ3, UP got UT4, C&NW got WA1, M&SP got WA2.
RR Mergers: LS merges into GT.
Injury claims by rail workers due to dangerous, outdated couplings cost W&M $5005.
Reorganized RRs: W&M.
Insolvent RRs: MKT.
Loan Recalls: J. Pierpont Morgan.
New railroad Presidents: Hannibal Kimball of COG, Henry Farham of L&A, J. Pierpont Morgan of CP, J. Pierpont Morgan of KC&D.
New Private Companies Available: FW&D, SA&H.
Guy de Lusignan dominated the social pages by conspicuously spending $25000. Other tycoons prominently displayed in the news for lavish spending were: B., Jay Gould, J. Pierpont Morgan, Henry Farham
Lack of modern signal system causes major head-on collison: claims against W&M exceed $4235.
Wall Street Report: During last turn, the economic climate changed from Recession to Normal.
Best locomotive available: Pacific 4-6-2
Technologies available are: Grand Station, switch yards, steel rails, coal burning engines, block signal system, automatic couplers, Pullman sleepers, automatic brakes.

Top Victory Points

The top five Tycoons in each Victory category are (listed first to fifth):

Robber Baron	Guy de Lusignan (5)	B. (3)	Nicholas van Rijn (2)	Henry Farham (6)	Jay Gould (9)
Rail Mogul	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)	B. (3)	Nicholas van Rijn (2)	Henry Farham (6)	Guy de Lusignan (5)
Rail Builder	B. (3)	Guy de Lusignan (5)	Henry Farham (6)	Nicholas van Rijn (2)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)
Rail Magnate	B. (3)	Guy de Lusignan (5)	Henry Farham (6)	Nicholas van Rijn (2)	Jay Gould (9)
Rail Prodigal	B. (3)	Guy de Lusignan (5)	Jay Gould (9)	Henry Farham (6)	Nicholas van Rijn (2)
Rail Baron	B. (3)	Guy de Lusignan (5)	Henry Farham (6)	Nicholas van Rijn (2)	J. Pierpont Morgan (4)

Player Summary

		President of		PCs owned
Player #	Tycoon name	RR 1	RR 2	PC 1	PC 2
5	Guy de Lusignan	PENN	M&SP	....	....
6	Henry Farham	C&NW	L&A	....	T&P
2	Nicholas van Rijn	SP	SM	....	....
3	B.	SCL	MP	....	....
9	Jay Gould	UP	V&T	H&S	....
10	Hannibal Kimball	COG	GT	....	CT
4	J. Pierpont Morgan	CP	KC&D	SL&A	TR
13	William Ogden	....	....	....	....
15	Cyrus Holliday	....	....	....	....
11	Thomas Durant	....	....	....	....
8	John Forbes	....	....	P&LE	....
14	Dan Drew	....	....	....	....
12	William Palmer	....	....	....	....
7	Thomas Scott	....	....	....	....
1	Jim Fisk	....	....	....	....

Railroad Summary

RR	Name	Tracks	Revenues	Expense	Efficiency	Bonds	Loans	Profit / share	Dividend / share	Grant	Land
GT	Grand Trunk	2650	411789	218249	98	979464	325937	6	1	0	4
PENN	Pennsylvania	3122	614942	338218	96	841595	333909	11	6	0	8
B&O	Baltimore & Ohio	3059	469324	253435	97	918302	262880	8	15	0	2
W&M	Wilmington & Manchester	385	41711	30449	87	86625	0	0	0	0	1
C&H	Charleston & Hamburg	2049	314893	173190	99	516877	192245	8	0	0	4
SCL	Sea Coast Line	3114	513173	282245	96	817625	539976	7	1	0	23
S&G	Savannah & Gulf	267	30533	18015	95	66517	726	6	0	0	0
COG	Central of Georgia	1102	125467	65243	99	278647	33587	7	1	0	0
MC	Michigan Central	458	51542	34018	88	127058	43025	1	0	0	0
GM&O	Gulf, Mobile & Ohio	696	78419	43129	99	189974	81624	3	5	0	24
SM	Southern Mississippi	2165	305391	158802	99	658975	303255	6	0	0	54
C&EI	Chicago & Eastern Illinois	184	21961	12079	99	46600	5621	6	2	0	0
C&NW	Chicago & Northwestern	2454	266011	138325	99	664811	384089	1	0	0	0
CB&Q	Chicago, Burlington & Quincy	495	56888	31858	98	158291	37233	1	0	0	29
CASL	Chicago, Alton & St. Louis	185	22256	13354	94	24733	16904	5	0	0	0
M&SP	Milwaukee & St. Paul	2218	253540	134377	98	520857	288380	2	1	0	1552
MP	Missouri Pacific	1739	195473	105555	97	358940	246810	2	4	0	177
M&LR	Memphis & Little Rock	132	14584	8896	93	18916	14428	4	1	0	0
V&T	Vicksburg & Texas	1120	117188	64453	99	278653	168050	2	0	0	0
L&A	Louisiana & Arkansas	90	15858	10308	89	13670	8671	8	1	0	0
CP	Central Pacific	1128	108462	59655	99	239298	102043	3	2	0	2146
WP	Western Pacific	142	17998	10079	98	38079	6557	6	1	0	0
UP	Union Pacific	1805	195399	101607	99	416872	253044	4	2	0	107
MKT	Missouri, Kansas & Texas	326	29402	19111	89	88060	43189	-1	0	0	0
SLSF	St Louis & San Francisco	239	24647	14542	95	33721	26938	4	1	0	0
GW	Great Western	140	17774	11198	91	41947	18495	2	0	0	0
SP	Southern Pacific	1172	111834	62628	98	271612	109857	3	6	0	1508
KC&D	Kansas City & Denver	1191	112147	61681	99	323936	191639	1	0	0	1728
KP	Kansas Pacific	1030	106157	55203	99	241900	116081	4	1	0	395
SL	Soo Line	150	15226	10354	86	20744	16339	2	1	0	0

Railroad Lines:

Regions: A = Atlantic ; D = Deep South ; O = Ohio ; L = Great Lakes ; C = Central ; M = Mississippi ; G = Gulf ; W = Midwest ; S = Southwest ; T = Mountain ; P = Pacific ; N = Canada ; X = Mexico

Grand Trunk (GT)

GT (Double) ; C2 (Double) ; B&A (Double) ; C3 ; NY1 ; LS ; PA10 ; OH3 ; MI1 ; MRLE ; OH5 ; FW&C ; NYC (Double) ; HRL ; NY3 ; C4 ; C5 ; OH6

Unbuilt: OH7

[Regions: ALCN]

Pennsylvania (PENN)

PENN (Double) ; C&A (Double) ; PA5 (Double) ; ERIE (Double) ; PA6 (Double) ; LV (Double) ; PA8 ; CNJ (Double) ; NY2 ; PA11 (Double) ; P&FW ; A&GW (Double) ; OH4 ; NYNH (Double) ; IN1 (Double) ; IN3 ; IN8 ; B&H (Double) ; B&M (Double) ; ME1 ; C1 ; IL4 (Double)

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AOLCMN]

Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)

B&O (Double) ; WV1 ; M&C (Double) ; WV3 ; WBSH (Double) ; IN5 ; IN9 ; L&N ; N&W ; RF&P ; N&S ; MD2 (Double) ; MD1 (Double) ; PA7 ; PA1 (Double) ; PA3 ; READ (Double) ; IL3 ; IL1 ; W&W ; IL6 ; N&C

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: AOCM]

Wilmington & Manchester (W&M)
W&M ; SC2 ; SC1
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: A]

Charleston & Hamburg (C&H)

C&H (Double) ; SC4 ; S&A (Double) ; GA1 ; GA8 ; AL3 ; TN10 ; TN12 ; KY12 ; BRL ; IN10 ; IC ; IL2 ; GA2 ; G&C

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: ADOCM]

Sea Coast Line (SCL)

SCL (Double) ; NER (Double) ; GA4 (Double) ; FL4 ; NC1 ; VA1 ; FL5 ; R&D (Double) ; C&O (Double) ; VA4 ; VA5 ; VC ; KY1 ; IN4 (Double) ; MON (Double) ; IN7 (Double) ; FL6 ; FEC ; AL5 ; IL5 (Double)

Unbuilt: AL8

[Regions: ADOCMG]

Savannah & Gulf (S&G)
S&G ; GA5
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: A]

Central of Georgia (COG)

COG ; GA3 ; A&C ; A&WP ; GA6 ; AL6 ; AL7 ; TN5 ; A&T

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: DG]

Michigan Central (MC)
MC ; MN ; MS
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: L]

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O)

GM&O ; MS3 ; TN8 ; KY10 ; AL4

Unbuilt: KY14

[Regions: DG]

Southern Mississippi (SM)

SM (Double) ; NO&J (Double) ; MS6 ; TN13 ; KY13 ; O&M ; KY11 ; TN11 ; TP&W (Double) ; C&C ; IN2 ; IN6 ; KY8 ; KY9 ; GTW ; IL7

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: OLCMG]

Chicago & Eastern Illinois (C&EI)
C&EI
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: C]

Chicago & Northwestern (C&NW)

C&NW (Double) ; WI4 ; MN2 ; C7 ; GN ; ND5 ; MT1 ; MT2 ; MT3 ; SP&D ; ID3

Unbuilt: WA1

[Regions: CWTN]

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q)
CB&Q ; IA4 ; IA5
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: CW]
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis (CASL)
CASL
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: C]

Milwaukee & St. Paul (M&SP)

M&SP (Double) ; CNS (Double) ; SP&P (Double) ; NP ; ND1 ; ND2 ; MT6 ; MT7 ; ID5

Unbuilt: WA2

[Regions: CWT]

Missouri Pacific (MP)

MP (Double) ; ATSF (Double) ; OK8 ; NM4 ; NM3 ; AZ1 (Double) ; AZ2

Unbuilt: AZ3

[Regions: MWT]

Memphis & Little Rock (M&LR)
M&LR
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: M]

Vicksburg & Texas (V&T)

V&T (Double) ; TX2 (Double) ; AR8 (Double) ; OK3 ; OK6

Unbuilt: LA4

[Regions: MS]

Louisiana & Arkansas (L&A)
L&A
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: G]
Central Pacific (CP)
CP (Double) ; NV2 ; UT8 ; UT6 ; UT1
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: TP]
Western Pacific (WP)
WP
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: P]

Union Pacific (UP)

UP (Double) ; IA6 (Double) ; MO7 (Double) ; CRIP (Double) ; IA7 ; KCS (Double) ; NE1 ; CO7 ; WY1

Unbuilt: UT4

[Regions: CW]

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT)
MKT
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: M]
St Louis & San Francisco (SLSF)
SLSF
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: M]
Great Western (GW)
GW
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: G]
Southern Pacific (SP)
SP ; CA4 ; CA12 ; SV ; AZ6
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: P]

Kansas City & Denver (KC&D)

KC&D (Double) ; KCN (Double) ; KS4 ; CO4 ; CO9 ; MO6

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: W]

Kansas Pacific (KP)

KP (Double) ; KS3 ; CO2 ; MO3 ; LP&W

Unbuilt: none

[Regions: MW]

Soo Line (SL)
SL
Unbuilt: none
[Regions: N]

Private Companies Available for Purchase

CF		Price
SLSW	St Louis & Southwestern	775
LR&S	Little Rock & Shreveport	1050
FW&D	Ft Worth & Denver	975
SA&H	San Antonio & Houston	1095

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